Boarding Axe Website Latest Update

CutlassCollector · 8th September 2016, 06:24 PM

Hi,

I have recently updated the www.boardingaxe.com website with two new additional pages. One on Halberd Type axes and the other for Portuguese axes.

With thanks to Fernando for supplying most of the information for the Portugal page.

As always if you have any information or pictures that will add to the knowledge of boarding axes please get in touch.

Regards, David.

M ELEY · 9th September 2016, 09:19 AM

Awesome! I was waiting for you to update that info, David! Always good to see things of a 'nautical nature' updated here.

fernando · 9th September 2016, 01:13 PM

Excelent job David; great texts in the Portuguese page

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CutlassCollector · 9th September 2016, 05:11 PM

Thanks Mark and Fernando - yep my Portuguese is pretty good!!

My next project is Imperial Russia.

Regards, David

M ELEY · 11th September 2016, 02:30 AM

David, your page looks great and I'm so glad you created it for us naval enthusiasts to use as a source for research. Good luck with the Russian Imperial naval pieces.

So what about the Indian sub-continent!

I assume they used British pattern axes...or did they have them at all? Have you seen that Indian combination blunderbus/ax in 'Weaponry: An Illustrated History" by Chuck Wills, pg.165? I suspect this is a boarding piece. The book isn't very good, with some mislabeling, etc, but there were a few interesting pics, the ax being one of them.

CutlassCollector · 17th September 2016, 02:50 PM

Hi Mark,

OK I'll add India to the list!
The axe being very much part of the weapon culture there, it would be good to investigate what coastal states had some naval presence before the Brits came.
I have an Indian issue 1845 pattern cutlass with the arrow mark and an 'I' so maybe there is a brit axe issued for India out there somewhere.

I have not seen the blunderbuss/axe or the Chuck Wills book. can you send me a picture of it, if you have one.

regards, David.

8th September 2016, 06:24 PM	#1
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 369	Boarding Axe Website Latest Update Hi, I have recently updated the www.boardingaxe.com website with two new additional pages. One on Halberd Type axes and the other for Portuguese axes. With thanks to Fernando for supplying most of the information for the Portugal page. As always if you have any information or pictures that will add to the knowledge of boarding axes please get in touch. Regards, David. Last edited by CutlassCollector; 9th September 2016 at 05:07 PM.

9th September 2016, 09:19 AM	#2
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,206	Awesome! I was waiting for you to update that info, David! Always good to see things of a 'nautical nature' updated here.

9th September 2016, 01:13 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Excelent job David; great texts in the Portuguese page .

9th September 2016, 05:11 PM	#4
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 369	Thanks Mark and Fernando - yep my Portuguese is pretty good!! My next project is Imperial Russia. Regards, David

11th September 2016, 02:30 AM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,206	David, your page looks great and I'm so glad you created it for us naval enthusiasts to use as a source for research. Good luck with the Russian Imperial naval pieces. So what about the Indian sub-continent! I assume they used British pattern axes...or did they have them at all? Have you seen that Indian combination blunderbus/ax in 'Weaponry: An Illustrated History" by Chuck Wills, pg.165? I suspect this is a boarding piece. The book isn't very good, with some mislabeling, etc, but there were a few interesting pics, the ax being one of them.

17th September 2016, 02:50 PM	#6
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 369	Hi Mark, OK I'll add India to the list! The axe being very much part of the weapon culture there, it would be good to investigate what coastal states had some naval presence before the Brits came. I have an Indian issue 1845 pattern cutlass with the arrow mark and an 'I' so maybe there is a brit axe issued for India out there somewhere. I have not seen the blunderbuss/axe or the Chuck Wills book. can you send me a picture of it, if you have one. regards, David.